Port Authority Bus Terminal

Port Authority Bus Terminal
Port Authority Bus Terminal
	Port Authority Bus Terminal at Eighth Avenue and West 42nd Street in July 2019
General information
Location	625 8th Avenue; New York City, New York; United States
Coordinates	40°45′24″N 73°59′28″W / 40.75667°N 73.99111°W
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Bus routes	New Jersey Transit Bus: 101, 102, 105, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 144, 145, 148, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 177, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 319, 320, 321, 324, 355
Bus stands	223
Bus operators	See Companies below
Connections	New York City Subway:; at 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal; at Times Square–42nd Street New York City Bus: M11, M20, M34A SBS, M42, M104, SIM8, SIM8X, SIM22, SIM25, SIM26, SIM30
Construction
Platform levels	9
Parking	1,250 spaces
Other information
Website	PABT
History
Opened	December 15, 1950
Rebuilt	1963 (parking decks); 1979 (annex); 2007 (seismic retrofit)
Location
Location

The Port Authority Bus Terminal (colloquially known as the Port Authority and by its acronym PABT) is a bus terminal located in Manhattan in New York City. It is the busiest bus terminal in the world by volume of traffic,^[2] serving about 8,000 buses and 225,000 people on an average weekday and more than 65 million people a year.^[3]

The terminal is located in Midtown Manhattan at 625 Eighth Avenue between 40th Street and 42nd Street, one block east of the Lincoln Tunnel and one block west of Times Square. It is one of three bus terminals operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ); the other two are George Washington Bridge Bus Station in Upper Manhattan and Journal Square Transportation Center in Jersey City.

PABT serves as a terminus and departure point for commuter routes as well as for long-distance intercity bus service and is a major transit hub for residents of New Jersey. It has 223 departure gates and 1,250 car parking spaces, as well as commercial and retail space.^[4] In 2011, there were more than 2.263 million bus departures from the terminal.^[5]

Opened in 1950, the terminal was built to consolidate several private terminals spread across Midtown Manhattan. A second wing, extending to 42nd Street, was added in 1979. Since then, the terminal has reached peak hour capacity, leading to congestion and overflow on local streets. It does not allow for layover parking; as such, buses must either use local streets and parking lots or deadhead through the tunnel. PANYNJ has been unsuccessful in its attempts to expand passenger facilities through public private partnership, and in 2011 it delayed construction of a bus depot annex, citing budgetary constraints. After considering several plans to relocate the terminal, the PANYNJ released plans in 2021 to reconstruct the terminal on the same site, with layover facilities.

^ Cite error: The named reference redesigning was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Port Authority Development Team to Build 1.3 Million-Square-Foot Office Tower Above Bus Terminal" (Press release). Port Authority of NY & NJ. November 30, 2007. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference PAPlan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Express Route to Better Bus Service How to Improve Bus Travel Across the Hudson River, and Beyond (PDF) (Report). Tri-State Transportation Campaign. May 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 16, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012. The Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT), in midtown Manhattan, is the largest and busiest bus passenger facility in the world. Used by both public and private bus carriers, the terminal has 223 bus gates, 1,250 spaces of public parking, along with commercial and retail space.
^ Haddon, Heather (September 4, 2012). "Late Starts On N.J. Buses". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2023.

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[2] "Port Authority Development Team to Build 1.3 Million-Square-Foot Office Tower Above Bus Terminal" (Press release). Port Authority of NY & NJ. November 30, 2007. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2023.

[PAPlan-3] Cite error: The named reference PAPlan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[express-4] Express Route to Better Bus Service How to Improve Bus Travel Across the Hudson River, and Beyond (PDF) (Report). Tri-State Transportation Campaign. May 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 16, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012. The Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT), in midtown Manhattan, is the largest and busiest bus passenger facility in the world. Used by both public and private bus carriers, the terminal has 223 bus gates, 1,250 spaces of public parking, along with commercial and retail space.

[Haddon_2012-5] Haddon, Heather (September 4, 2012). "Late Starts On N.J. Buses". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2023.

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